The national women’s basketball team will return to regional competition on the big stage when they contest the FIBA Women’s CentroBasket Championship, scheduled for July 12-18 at the Alexis Argüello Sports Complex in Managua, Nicaragua. The Guyanese side booked their place at the tournament after finishing second at the FIBA Women’s Caribbean Championship, hosted at...

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Guyana will compete in Group A of the upcoming FIBA Men’s Caribbean Championship, set for July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, as the regional tournament makes a long-awaited return after a seven-year hiatus. The draw places Guyana alongside Dominica, Turks and Caicos Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and Bermuda in what is expected to...

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Guyana is seeking partners as it establishes itself as a hub for entertainment, sports, and creative industries, President Dr. Irfaan Ali said on Monday night in Houston, Texas, as he championed the potential of the country’s orange economy. The orange economy refers to all economic ventures related to creativity, culture, and innovation. According to President...

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…as GDF patrol under fire near Venezuela border (Kaieteur News) – A rank with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is nursing two gunshot wounds to his right leg following a shoot-out on Monday in the Cuyuni River, Region Seven with armed men on Venezuela’s shore. The injured rank was among other soldiers in a GDF patrol […]

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…no agreement on sole expert (Kaieteur News) – Five years after it received an audit report flagging the blatant misuse of US$214M in Guyana’s oil money by ExxonMobil, the Government of Guyana (GoG) is yet to push the process forward for the company to return the nation’s profits. On Monday, Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat told […]

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(Reuters) – Oil prices jumped about 6% on Monday as Iran stepped up attacks on the United Arab Emirates and ships in the Middle East Gulf the past 24 hours, the most serious escalation since a U.S.-Iran ceasefire came into force in early April. Brent futures rose $6.27, or 5.8%, to settle at $114.44 per […]

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